Diederik Kepler–
- Name
- Diederik Kepler
- Given names
- Diederik
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- Kepler
| Historical Event | 1754 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750s_in_South_Africa Note: A population count in the Cape shows that there were 5,510 Europeans and 6,279 slaves in the Cape Colony
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| Epidemic | May 1, 1755 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750s_in_South_Africa Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die
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| Marriage | Maria Magdalena Delport — View this family November 1, 1772 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Delport, p53, b3c12. |
| Historical Event | July 1776 Source: Wikipedia Note: Americans declare independece
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| War | December 20, 1780 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780s_in_South_Africa Note: Britain declares war on the Netherlands. French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English
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| Historical Event | 1780 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780s_in_South_Africa Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony
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| War | 1784 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780s_in_South_Africa Note: French troops depart the Cape after the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783) is signed
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| War | from 1789 to 1799 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Note: French Revolution
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| Historical Event | 1795 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790s_in_South_Africa Note: The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins. 29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet. 18 June - Swellendam follows Graaff Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn. The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte. A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaires and the Prince of Orange flees to England. 16 September – British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange. The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam reject the British and the British army is sent in.The start of free trade was announced
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| Historical Event | March 5, 1797 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790s_in_South_Africa Note: The Cape becomes a British Colony
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| War | from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars Note: Napoleonic Wars
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| Natural disaster | 1809 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809_in_South_Africa Note: A severe drought occurs in eastern frontier region
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| Town founded | 1812 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_in_South_Africa Note: The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
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| Town founded | August 27, 1818 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1818_in_South_Africa Note: Cradock is founded
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| Historical Event | 1820 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1820_in_South_Africa Note: 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the Nautilus and the Chapman. 1 May - The Albury reaches Cape Town bringing settlers to Albany, South Africa. They arrive in Algoa Bay on 15 May. 2 May - La Belle Alliance reached Cape Town. She brought British settlers to Algoa Bay. 4000 British settlers started arriving in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), they settled in Grahamstown and along the frontier
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| Economic Event | 1825 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1825_in_South_Africa Note: Rix dollar Dutch: Rijsksdaalder is converted into the British sterling
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| Historical Event | 1835 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835_in_South_Africa Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony
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| Town founded | 1844 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844_in_South_Africa Note: Settlement of Victoria West is established
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| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/XVwD6F Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza
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| War | from April 1861 to May 1865 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/ETtxkC Note: American Civil War: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War
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| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Republic Note: The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902.
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| Historical Event | from 1854 to 1902 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Free_State Note: The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat, Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province
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Diederik Kepler . He marriedMaria Magdalena Delport , daughter ofPieter Delport andAnna Elisabeth Maree , on November 1, 1772.